I'm trying to get the same colors as this jacket- but I'm having no luck in determining what colors i should mix or what colors to buy. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I would say the base is a kahki,which can vary by manufacturer as to the shade of green it has in it. My guess that this was painted with Vallejo or Andreas, which have several shades of khaki in their range.

Sean

Hi Pat,
This may start you in the direction you want Vallejo Model Colour No 924 [094] Russian Uniform Green is a versatile colour that can be adjusted or used in many mixes.

Hope this is helpful.

John

Thanks for the reply, know where I can get some Vallejo? I'm not too sure if they sell it at hobby shops nearby.

EDIT: I originally planned on doing the uniform in oils, but this seems to be a more convinent way. Does anybody know a good run-down of painting uniforms in acrylics?

If i was using Tamiya colours for this, i would try cockpit green and lighten it with flat white. For the folded bits, would definitely add Nato green into the cockpit green mixture and make a wash out of it.

My method would be:
1) Base coat of lighten cockpit green
2) Dark wash of lighten cockpit green with a Nato green
3) dry brush with the base coat colour with more flat white added.

Looking at the picture again, there is almost a hint of yellow so you can experiment with it by adding it into the base coat.

Good luck!

Thanks for the reply! Would I apply the wash to the shadow areas and the drybrush to the highlighted areas?

That seems to me to be a rather light shade of green drab. Try mixing two black parts to one yellow part, and add white until you get the color you want.

Good good that way I can do it in oils! Any particular kind of yellow?

Well, if you dont have any hobby shops near you that carry Valejo paints (as in my area), I would say that jacket most closely resembles Model Master Sac Bomber Tan. There is also Sac bomber green which is also close. I would try those out and use a wash of Sac bomber green or tan mixed with a little Dark gray for shadows, and highlight with Sac bomber tan or green lightened with some white. Thats my .02. Good luck!

Pat:

I have that same fig unbuilt and am looking at the same
box art. I'm going to suggest a different approach. This
way you can pick any brand of paint you want and mix
these colors together. Start with a light green color and
mix white with it to get the same lightness that you
have in the box art photo. Then I would add very small
amounts of light blue and some light yellow, but only
small amounts at a time. And mix the paint thoroughly
each time you add a smidge of the white, then light
blue and then a small amount of yellow. You probably
know that the color green, a secondary color is made
from mixing two of the three primary colors together.
That would be mixing blue with yellow make green. So
that is why I said to add both a light blue and light
yellow to the light green that you started with.

Personally, I feel that all fig painters should take the
time to learn how to mix any color they would want. The
theory of the color wheel just isn't mentioned enough
on this site in my opinion. But that is just an opinion,
you understand. Good luck.